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Solving Joule Machine Problem [SOLVED] joule machine

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Circus performer hanging on elastic rope stretches how much at rest?

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Torque-Sign hanging from a cable

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Torque and Inertia of objects on Inclined plane

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Calculating Angle Deflection in Laser-Mirror Interactions

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Closest approach of particle problem - Please help

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Calculate New Period of Star After Shrinking Diameter

  • joeypeter
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Calculating Piston Heights in a Car Lift: A Fluid Pressure Problem

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Connecting a known and unknown battery

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FORCES applications of Newtons law

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Solving Mass on a Spring Homework: Step-by-Step Guide

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How Do You Calculate Image Position and Magnification with a Concave Mirror?

  • Tom Petty
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F= 2721.5/0.00064516F=4 230 728 kg/m2Force of Water Jet on 1 cm²: 4.2M kg/m2

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Is Tension in a Pulley on Triangular Planes Always Equal?

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What Distance Does the Bucket Cover in 3.5 Seconds?

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What is the pressure exerted on the bottom of a pool in the deep end?

  • mr.toronto
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Calculating Gas Temperature During Adiabatic Process with Fixed Piston

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Electricity and Magnetism on lines of charge

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Field of long cylindrical shell conductor

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How to find acceleration in a pulley problem involving rotation?

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Position of particle in a magnetic field

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How Do Transformers and Resonance Affect AC Circuits?

  • catfisherman
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General Forces on Slope Problem

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Gyroscope precession derivation

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How Much Force to Equal Earth's Atmospheric Pressure?

  • mr.toronto
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Compton Scattering Effect: Max Kinetic Energy

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Force Calculations: Fnormal, Fg, Ffriction, Fapplied - SOLVED

  • Linday12
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What Causes Energy Loss in Capacitor Circuits?

  • eyehategod
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Charging a capacitor with a switch

  • Seiken
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Easy Motion Problem - Distance

  • Display MOB
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Magnetism and Attraction: Investigating the Properties of Magnets

  • logix24
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What is the Moment of Inertia for a Uniform Disk with a Falling Object?

  • tsnikpoh11
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Torque & Force Homework Solution

  • BMK
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Magnitude of the angular acceleration about the pivot point?

  • tsnikpoh11
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How Close Is the Magnetic Flux Through a Coil to the Calculated Values?

  • ttiger2k7
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Angular Speed of Sign Before Impact: Kevin's Solution

  • klopez
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Help! Urgent: Conservation of Energy Review Questions

  • fatalerror
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Comet perihelion to aphelion using angular momentum and energy

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How Long Does Light Take to Travel in Different Reference Frames?

  • EngageEngage
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Finding the Distance Traveled & Displacement of a Runner

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Rotational Kinetic Energy of a rod

  • klopez
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How Does Body Position Affect a Diver's Ability to Perform Somersaults?

  • louie3006
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Solved: Significant Digits - Multi-Equation Answers

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How Far from a Conductor Is a Magnetic Field of 3.1x10^-5T?

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How Long Until the Oscillator's Energy Halves?

  • NAkid
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Calculating Exit Velocity of an Arrow from a Bow

  • tsafa
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How Do You Calculate the Mutual Force Between Two Coaxial Coils?

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Newtons law, interacting objects question?

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Calculatin units for theoretical magnetic point charge

  • IAmAZucchini
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Solving a Pulley Problem in Hibbeler 11th Ed. - 13-26

  • allstar_jason
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How Does Free Electron Density Affect Hall Voltage in a Semiconductor?

  • catfisherman
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Solve Pressure Problem: Find Plug Position

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How Is the Average Speed of Molecules Calculated?

  • Twilit_Truth
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Conservation of Momentum problem

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How can Newtonian gravity be converted to m/s without prefix?

  • TheNormalForc
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How long does the ball take to hit the ground?

  • princesspriya
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Rotational inertia (moment of inertia)

  • mossman
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Calculating Angular Acceleration of a Metal Plate

  • NAkid
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Calculating the Mass of a Piece of Glass Using Archimedes' Principle

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Find the length of string and speed of wave in string

  • myoplex11
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Solving Friction Problems Involving a Bundle of Bricks

  • princesspriya
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What does the in equations stand for?

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Electric field and static equilibrium

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Linear Acceleration of a turntable

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When will I hear this ball strike the ground?

  • myoplex11
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What is the downward acceleration?

  • deanwudean
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What is the difference between movement in one and two dimensions

  • Nikog
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Proton repelled by uranium nucleus with inverse square force

  • chimez14
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Work Done on a Parallel Plate Capacitor

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As level mechanics unit 1 question on moments.

  • Pagey
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Driven Oscillators: interesting cases?

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Rainbow Arc Fraction: Solve the Math Problem

  • Skynt
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Pulley/Torque problem where pulley has mass

  • tron_2.0
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Propagating planar wave of the Coulomb potential

  • Phrak
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Solve for Angular Acceleration: Torque Problem on a Uniform Rod

  • jrrodri7
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How Do You Calculate the Forces and Tension in a Supported Beam System?

  • jrrodri7
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What would be the truck's skidding distance?

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How Far is it From Your Eyes to the Image of Your Toes in a Mirror?

  • mtbgymnast
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What is the capacitance of each capacitor?

  • complexc25
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Gravitational force among 4 spheres

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The speed of a wave depends upon

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Conservation of Mechanical Energy for a Rolling Sphere

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How Is Heat Transferred During Gas Expansion in a Diesel Engine?

  • junec21
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How Do You Calculate the Final Angular Speed of a Bicycle Wheel?

  • nightshade123
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Deriving Electric Field Near Metal Plate: Coulomb's & Gauss' Law

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Rotational Motion About a Fixed Axis Problem

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Conservative and non-conservative forces-problems

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Circular Motion Help: Solving Homework Equations

  • Paulo2014
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Wind Speed Problem: Finding Total Electrical Output Proportional to v

  • physixguru
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How Long to Increase Spool's Angular Velocity from 11.0 to 35.0 rad/s?

  • dana711
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How Much Energy Is Lost to Friction in a Spool of Wire System?

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How Does Pendulum Speed Change with Angle and Initial Velocity?

  • Shackleford
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Force and Potential energy funtion

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Moment of Inertia of Plate Problem

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The ever present problem of the egg-drop

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